Sviatoslav Richter – Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux (2014) SACD ISO

This romantic programme juxtaposes the best piano solo pieces of Rachmaninov, selected by Richter himself, and charms with his old-fashionioned and romantic Russian approach, with elegance, energy and virtuosity, an irresistible balance between secret humour, power and native melancholy. Before him, only Vladimir Sofronitzky risked such modernity, now….